Taber . . . Who? Christ Followers and the Tabernacle

Taber . . . Who? Christ Followers and the Tabernacle
Written by: Larry Elliott

Few of us spend much time considering the tabernacle of the Old Testament. I am guilty of skimming these portions of scripture as tedious and of little import to me personally. However, if we were to measure value by the number of words (pages, chapters etc.) we might reconsider this thinking. The story of creation in Genesis gets 2 chapters, 50 chapters are given to the description of the tabernacle and its related ministries!
 
The word tabernacle is defined as a tent or temporary habitation, it is used as a descriptor of our natural bodies in the N.T. It is used technically and specifically among the Jews as “a movable building, so contrived as to be taken to pieces with ease and reconstructed, for the convenience of being carried during the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was of a rectangular figure, thirty cubits long, ten broad, and ten high. The interior was divided into two rooms by a vail or curtain, and it was covered with four different spreads or carpets.” NET Bible.

So, as a Christ follower, why should I care about the tabernacle? A dusty old tent that the nation of Israel dragged through the desert for 40 years doesn’t seem all that exciting to me! 5020202020Recent